Long-term development and recent dynamics of High Arctic coastal basins

• Main Author: Dugan, Hilary
• Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Limnology; Hydrology; Arctic; Cape Bounty; Northwest Territories; Shellabear Point; Ice; permafrost; Melville Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/5687

This study aimed to understand annual and long-term chemical and physical processes that affect the development and state of coastal lakes in the Canadian High Arctic. The first major research project studied the formation of hypersalinity in a seasonally isolated marine basin (SIMB) located near Sh...